Ellenson said Thursday he would have considered shelving college plans for that kind of money.

“For sure, that would have been something for me talk to my family about because going pro is something that I always wanted to do since a young age,” Ellenson said after practice. “It would have been a jump start. Going to the G League right out of high school is a bigger jump than going to college. Guys are older, and you expected to be a professional being able to go pro right away.

“That definitely would have been an option to cross my mind.”

Players are also would not be subject to NCAA amateurism regulations. Players will be allowed to hire agents, profit off their likenesses and pursue marketing deals.

“Elite high school players with NBA prospects and no interest in a college degree should not be forced to attend college, often for less than a year,” Commission on College Basketball chair Condoleezza Rice told The Associated Press. “One-and-done has to go, one way or another.”

Pistons rookie Bruce Brown, who went to high school in Boston, was also a 5-star prospect.

With a mother struggling financially, $125,000 would have come in handy.

I have doubts about how many top players will go this route. Some, yes. But G-League is full of early connecting flights, long bus rides, small gyms. It isn't glamorous. Big-time NCAA ball still has the trappings of exposure, packed houses, private jets. You'll get paid there too